Consider the Following Partial Hypothesis: If Frustration Causes Aggression, Then

question 38

Multiple Choice

Consider the following partial hypothesis: If frustration causes aggression, then.... Which one of the following completes the statement by providing the best operational definition for the two concepts in bold?

• A) Preschool children who are prevented from playing with a favorite toy will display aggressive behavior.
• B) Preschool children who become frustrated will hit other children.
• C) Preschool children who are prevented from playing with a favorite toy will hit other children.
• D) Frustration among children leads to aggressive behavior.

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Definitions:

Assignable Causes

Specific, identifiable factors leading to variations in a process or system, as opposed to random variations.

Variation

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or dataset differ from each other and from the mean of the set.

Specification Limits

Pre-determined upper and lower bounds within which a product or process's performance is considered acceptable.

Standard Deviations

An indicator of the degree of spread or variability in a collection of data points, showing how much the values differ from the average.